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Lexington and Concord
Skirmishes between American and British soldiers took place
Later called "The Shot Heard 'Round the World"
Ethan Allen -
Bunker (Breed's) Hill
William Prescott
Occupied the hill with 1,200 colonial troops
British won battle -
Trenton/Princeton (NJ Campaign)
George Washington
Led the main body of continental army against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton -
Fort Ticonderoga
John Brown
Led 500 Americans to attempt to capture fort -
Saratoga (Bemis Heights, the second battle)
John Burgoyne
Led large invasion army up the Champlain valley from Canada -
Siege of Charleston
Benjamin Lincoln
After six weeks of siege, surrenders to British numbering 5,000 -
King's Mountain
James Johnson
Patrick Ferguson
Patriot militia beats the loyalist militia
